It is best to format the text widget. Editing the Sidebar widget will cause all similar elements to be affected by the formatting. If you add padding to the sidebar, it is applied to anything you add to the sidebar. If you add it to the widget, then it affects only that widget.

So, let me get this right *BTW, as you know, the documentation is disorganized, loaded w broken/inaccesible links, and severely lacking in content. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, and that's why I go onto the LiveChat.